Ellen DeGeneres Buys Brody House by A. Quincy Jones

It’s been called everything from a mid century masterpiece to the best house in Los Angeles. For Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi the A. Quincy Jones-designed gem, known as “The Brody House”, is simply called home.

After pulling off some of the biggest real estate deals of 2013, the celebrity couple have scored an early coup in 2014 with the purchase of the pristine pad. Confirmed by the Los Angeles Times, DeGeneres and de Rossi have reportedly paid $39.888 million for the midcentury modern abode found right next door to the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills.

Similar to “The Andrew Fuller House” in Dallas, the trophy home sports a shapely design with smooth-walled interiors, spotless finishes, an eye-opening atrium and beautifully manicured grounds. Walls of glass and vaulted ceilings add an expansive feel to the 13,511-square-foot floor plan, which has six bedrooms, nine baths, a chef’s kitchen and a living room with a library.

Jones, whose works have become quite coveted in celebrity circles, designed the home in 1949 in conjunction with interior designer Billy Haines and landscape architect Garrett Eckbo. The home first changed hands in 2010 for $14.888 million and was restored by designer Stephen Stone before being flipped to the trophy home-collecting DeGeneres.